Airport · PHF · Newport News/Williamsburg, Virginia
Newport News/Williamsburg, VA
According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Newport News/Williamsburg, VA (PHF) ranks #330 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Newport News/Williamsburg, VA posts top-10% on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.
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PHF on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Newport News/Williamsburg, VA sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Newport News/Williamsburg, VA handles more flight
volume than 14% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
91% of them, placing it in the quadrant for quiet and reliable.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Newport News/Williamsburg, VA vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 4,730 ·
On-time rate: 88.1%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes24,243 min
Late Aircraft10,592 min · 44%
Carrier7,438 min · 31%
Weather3,675 min · 15%
NAS (National Aviation System)2,538 min · 10%
Security0 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
PHF - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: September (97.7%) · worst: June (90.2%)
PHF - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
PHF - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 17.1 min · taxi-in 4.6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
PHF's average taxi-out (17.1 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.5 min (December 2023) to 25.1 min (October 2021).
Cancellation & Diversion Analysis
Flight disruption statistics for Newport News/Williamsburg, VA.
Cancellation Rate
1.80%
85 of 4,730 flights
Diversion Rate
0.04%
2 of 4,730 flights
Delay Rate
11.9%
562 of 4,730 flights
Top Routes from PHF
Busiest routes to and from Newport News/Williamsburg, VA.
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Newport News/Williamsburg, VA, both outside Virginia so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Newport News/Williamsburg, VA is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 43.7% of 24,243 delay minutes across 4,730 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 88.1% (9.1 pts above the 79% national average), with 562 delayed and 85 cancelled (1.80%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (43.7% late-aircraft, 30.7% carrier, 10.5% NAS, 15.2% weather, 0.0% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.
On the multi-year calendar, PHF is strongest in September (97.7% on-time) and weakest in June (90.2%), a 7.5-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~192 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to CLT (Charlotte) at 88.6% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Newport News/Williamsburg, VA vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
88.1%Top 9%higher than 91% of 382 airports
Newport News/Williamsburg, VA
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
PHF's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.
Check the busiest route from PHF before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in September rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 17.1 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times →
On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Newport News/Williamsburg, VA's on-time rate?
Newport News/Williamsburg, VA (PHF) has a 88.1% on-time rate across 4,730 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 9.1 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the top-10% on-time performance.
How does PHF rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Newport News/Williamsburg, VA ranks #330 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a smaller regional airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Newport News/Williamsburg, VA?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at PHF, accounting for 43.7% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 43.7% late-aircraft, 30.7% carrier, 10.5% NAS/air-traffic-control, 15.2% weather, and 0.0% security.
When is the best time to fly through Newport News/Williamsburg, VA?
September is historically PHF's strongest month at 97.7% on-time, while June is the weakest at 90.2%, a 7.5-point swing across the BTS historical record.